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AMUSEMENTS SECOND WEEK Mere Words Cannot Describe the Magnificence of “HELEN OF TROY” There is so much beauty, drama, action and spectacle that one has to see it to know its greatness Today 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 p.m. Kerridge-Odeon ’Phone REGENT 69-389 THE HOME OF BIG ATTRACTIONS A. R. Chapman z Manager Reservations at Theatre 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Homer’s immortal legend of the riWishingly beautiful Helen and the brave handsome Paris . . . and their stolen love which caused the siege of Troy! Warner Bros Present “HELEN OF TROY” “HELEN OF TROY” “HELEN OF TROY” In CINEMASCOPE and WARNERCOLOUR Starring ROSSANA PODESTA Helen . . . hers the face that launched a thousand ships . . . hers the temptation that plunged the world into conflict! JACK SERNAS Handsome, young Continental star and athlete as Paris, the Trojan prince whose love for Helen brought death to thousands of Greeks and Trojans With a Superlative Cast of English and Continental Players Sir Cedric HARDWICKE ... King Priam Brigette BARDOT Andraste Nial MacGINNIS King Menelaus Torin THATCHER Ulysses Janette SCOTT Cassandra Stanley BAKER Achilles Maxwell REED Ajax (Approved for General Exhibition) also showing In Cinemascope and Warnercolour “The Heart of an Empire” A thrilling featurette of the wonders of London. MATINEE TODAY ! BEST SHOW IN TOWN ! BEST SHOW IN TOWN ! BEST SHOW IN TOWN ! The New Policy ST. JAMES’ THE CINEMA INTERNATIONALE Direction: Kerridge-Odeon. (Tel. 75-280 for Reserves) TODAY AT 2 p.m. 8 p.m. Nightly at 8 p.m. For the Thousands who Enjoyed “THE RUSSIAN BALLET FESTIVAL” . . . here’s AN EVEN BETTER SHOW! RUSSIAN BALLET STARS In "UKRAINIAN CONCERT "UKRAINIAN CONCERT HALL” HALL” IN MAGIC PASTELCOLOR YOU’LL ENJOY . . . BREATH-TAKING BALLETS! ROUSING COSSACK DANCES I HAUNTING MUSIC! DELIGHTFUL COMEDY! MAGNIFICENT SETTINGS! Together With A gay, passionate romance of old Vienna when the Waltz was Immoral and Indecent, and of a Wayward Empress and a Captain of the Guards! HANS MAY’S WORLD-FAMOUS OPERETTA “WALTZ TIME” “WALTZ TIME” Starring’ PATRICIA MEDINA CAROL RAYE PETER GRAVES and featuring in person WEBSTER BOOTH and ANNE ZIEGLER HARRY WELCHMAN GEORGE ROBEY ALBEBT SANDLER You’ll Love the Wonderful Music . « . “The Heavenly Waltz” “You Will Return to Vienna” “The Little White Horse” “Break of Day” (Programme Approved for Universal Exhibition.) Coming Soon . . . Audie Murphy in “BAD BOY” CENTURY Luxury Theatre I 'Phone 75-400 7.45 p.m. TONIGHT 7.45 p.m. MATINEE TODAY 2.15 p.m. ANOTHER OUTSTANDING BRITISH PICTURE. Famed Stage hit blasts the screen with thrills. Filmed in England and the Channel Islands. Hours . . . Days . . . Years will never dim your memory of M.G.M.'s vivid, explosive drama “SEAGULLS , OVER SORRENTO ” Directed by John and Roy Boulting Starring GENE KELLY JOHN JUSTIN BERNARD LEE JEFF RICHARDS PATRIC DOONAN (Aproved for Universal Exhibition) The rivalry, suspicion and antagonism which come about when an American Navy Lieutenant is assigned to a British project involving the development of a new undersea explosive forms the basis for the dramatic action of “Seagulls over Sorrento” PLANS AT THEATRE TODAY "MARTY” THERE’S NEVER BEEN A PICTURE LIKE IT. “A FINE FILM A GEM” “LIFE” MAGAZINE. "IT IS A PICTURE NOT TO BE SEEN ONCE BUT AGAIN AND AGAIN.” “NEWS OF THE WORLD." GREAT IS THE WORD FOR "MARTY”

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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27884, 4 February 1956, Page 1

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